Congratulation USA! Maybe some of you have already heard the green achievement of your country. This time 1000 Green Steps don’t hear city or county but really COUNTRY! America converts their vehicles into electric drive transportations.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) already loan $1.6 million for Nissan to modify its Smyrna, Tennessee plant to build battery electric vehicles as well as the batteries to power them. The loan came from DOE’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVMLP), a $25 billion program authorized by Congress in 2007. Nissan has to be able to produce about 150,000 electric vehicles a year and 200,000 battery packs. Those vehicles will be ready at 2012!

Not just that, that same DOE ATVMLP loan had approved 8 other companies to do the conversion of USA vehicles into electric drive transportations. Those companies mentioned above are Tesla Motors, Maryland Science Center, Altcar, Maya Electric, Electrovaya, Exxon Mobil, IBM’s Big Green Innovations and IBM Almaden Institute.

Congratulation and Happy Green Driving!

In this high-technology era, almost everyone has their own air conditioning (AC) in their house. It is already well-known for its useful benefits which could increase or decrease a room temperature with the help of electricity. However, AC is also known as one of the major causes of Global Warming.

Luckily for those who have been addicted to AC ad can’t survive a day without it, 1000 Green Steps have the good news (as always!). 1000 Green Steps found an AC pre-cooling system which is able to blow your guilty feeling away.

This Cool-N-Save product is said to be able to save up until 30% of your electric bill compared to your ordinary AC. It also only uses less than 6 cents of water each day. Amazing goods do exist, don’t they? Find this AC online at Go Green Items at only $95.99!

Happy Green Living!

Do you know by pre-rinsing dishes you’ve wasted about 20 gallons of water with (based on research) without any significant benefit? So, starting from now, avoid pre-rinsing dishes and look for an eco-friendly washing machine such as Gota which steams up the dishes in the pre-wash cycle and recycles the cooled down residual H2O for the later-on cycles. You can also do the washing chores by yourself (this will definitely save more energy and money!).

Do a five-minute shower (10-25 gallons of water) instead of having a bath and a full bathtub (70 gallons of water). For a better try you can put an alarm clock inside your bathroom to make sure you don’t take it too long. You can also use eco-friendly shower heads as listed on Pristine Planet.

Do you turn off your faucet when you brush your teeth? Or do you keep it on when you do not really need it? Please only use faucet when you NEED it and don’t forget to turn it off. Look for any leakages on those faucets in your house and repair it soon. Don’t you know that leaky faucets can waste thousands of gallons of water each year? Use eco-friendly faucet such as Guru Tap.

Well, that I hope will be an excellent beginning for you to reduce your water spending (and money spending on water-bills).

Happy Green Living!

Don’t tell 1000 Green Steps you haven’t heard about the fun way to reuse rubber and car tires

Well, 1000 Green Steps found the way and we are about to share it to you readers! The good news is that the fun way can add up your style. Yes, Simple Shoes convert those non-organic materials into something useful through a simple innovation called eco-friendly shoes.

Wonder what have they reused so far?

· Car tires

· Bamboo

· Rubber

· Hemp

· 100% post-consumer recycled paper

· Carpet padding

· Silk

· Plastics

· Organic cotton

· Eco-certified leather and suede

· Coconut

· Wool

· Inner tubes

· Natural Crepe Rubber

· Cork

They have made so many shoes addressed for men, women and kids through their ecoSNEAKS and Green Toe collection. However if you still worried for not finding matching bags for your shoes, 1000 Green Steps have good news for you. They also make eco-friendly bags with a lot of different styles. So 1000 Green Steps guess it’s time for a green shopping spree!

Happy Green Living!

We all know that one of the main causes of Global Warming is CFC gas inside our hairspray. However any woman on earth knows that it is almost impossible to avoid using hairspray. 1000 Green Steps feel terribly sorry because most of the people don’t know that an eco-friendly hairspray does actually exist.

Try MOP C-System Organic Firm Finish Hairspray! Have you ever wondered what does MOP stand for? It is for Modern Organic Products. So, yes, unlike any other bottle of hairspray this is an aerosol finishing spray for those customers seeking an environmentally friendly option. The eco-aerosol features a zero impact propellant and contains no chlorine (CFC’s) and is not a volatile compound. The fruit extract inside is made from certified organic fruits.

So try it out and make your beauty shine without guilty feeling stands on your way! MOP C-System Organic Firm Finish Hairspray is available online for £11.45.

Happy Green Living!